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“The 6.9” project thread
Quality Diesel machine in Sacramento is who I contacted. I’d like to use Valley Balance and Machine but they’re down in Ceres. That’s a little far for me to run down to before work. I’m gonna swing by the place in sac and talk to them about how they sleeve it.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I was honestly surprised. I felt weird, like I was grilling them on machining when they definitely know more than me. For some reason a lot of places don’t really mess with idi’s, I’m assuming that all the guys who worked on them have retired by now. I’m not so much concerned but more interested...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I’m kinda leaning towards cutting the pistons anyways to get the compression down a little lower than 21.5:1. I haven’t done the math but I’d like to get it down around 19:1. I believe it’d still start fine in the cold and would take some stress off the bottom end. I know there are alot of guys...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I called the machine shop that did my 6.9 to see if they have experience sleeping 7.3’s. Got quoted 1100 to hot tank, sleeve it to standard, and replace the cam bearings. I feel like that’s plenty fair. I believe they said about 100 to polish the crank. I’ll take the heads to get checked and if...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I bet that was confusing lol.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I haven’t really done a lot in the last month or so because it’s been really hot and work is stupid. Not really stupid it’s just work. Anyways, probably next month sometime I’m going to take the 7.3 to the machine shop and have them check everything out. I don’t want to sleeve it because $$$$...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Yeah man my old work truck was a newer f250 with the same rear leafs I have on this. It road really nice but it squatted down a lot whenever I had any weight behind it. I’m excited to try them out.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Passenger side is done. Driver side will be alot easier. I think a bag on top of spring setup will definitely be more stable in the case of a cab over camper or something but I don’t really anticipate that being an issue. I like how these mount better plus they were very very cheap.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I didn’t take the main cap under the oil pump off because I was lazy. Decided to go take it off too. I think this is bad… lol- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
This one was main bearing #4.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Really? That’s interesting. I always thought cold start damage would be regular scoring. The rest is wipe.- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
I don’t think this had anything to do with towing it in gear. I think this happened a while ago. All the other bearings look great. The crank doesn’t have any marks- Laine D
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Here’s our dumb beagle with goggles LOL- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Got the motor up on a stand. Gonna pull the pan and valve covers off to make sure it didn’t hurt anything turning over with no oil. My memory is a bit fuzzy but I know that I left it in gear when it was towed backwards about a quarter mile. My predicament. I have than 93 turbo engine. It ran...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Kinda modifying this air bag kit for a newer ford to fit on mine. I’ve needed helpers for a long time. These leaf springs are definitely softer than the stock obs ones.- Laine D
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I don’t remember, it was a long time ago. I’ll look once I get home, I still have the box. Im not stoked about the fitment but the only real issue is where the hump comes down on the drivers side, about where the seat mounts. It’s really baggy. I hope it settles a little after it gets all hot...- Laine D
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After further inspection, they didn’t put the big washer on top of the rubber bushing and the shock just ripped through lol- Laine D
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Minus the headliner, the interior is all put back together! Yesterday my ranger hit 300k. And the final update. My parents bought a “new” truck a few months ago. A 2013 6.7 f250. Very nice truck. I’ve been really busy with working nights and my parents didn’t wanna stack more stuff on my...- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
Yeah the bullnose vin tags are damn near in the corner of the windshield- Laine D
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“The 6.9” project thread
From what the guy said, the outer tiny strip on the newer glass has a little slot for the vin tag on the dash where on the 86 the tag is in a different spot. When I called the first time it was way more expensive. So I was able to do it through AAA and get it down pretty cheap. I wish it cost...- Laine D
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New windshield! 315$, pretty damn happy with that price. The price between an 86 and 95 windshield was over 150$ difference. I’ll take the newer one LOL. I don’t mind the tint at all. Also got a core support and new seat brackets. Work has been real slow, whole yard full of broken trucks but...- Laine D
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It’s an 86. I have a line on one pretty close to me, just gotta go get it.- Laine D
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Not truck related but we took the ski’s out today. It’s very weird to see the sierras from the lake completely covered in snow while it’s 88 degrees down here LOL. That’s California for ya. They’ll waist all the water anyways but that’s just how it goes every year.- Laine D
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I put the hitch on. I was trying to figure out why the bolt holes were kinda off then I remembered it’s an entire different frame LOL- Laine D
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